HERO QUESTS

Hero quests are based on the following requirements:

Character leaves home
Character enters a strange new world
Character completes a task or tasks
Character receives a gift or is seeking something needed to fulfill some requirement
Character returns home to share the gift or uses the gift or sought object to overcome some evil that helps mankind

The following are some books suggested that meet the hero quest requirements and are divided into a couple of different areas.

Modern times:
- City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
- City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
- City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
- Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rich Riordan
- I am Messenger by Markus Zusak
- The Eye, the Ear, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer

Past Times:
- Eragon by Christopher Paolini
- Eldest by Christopher Paolini
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis
- The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien
- The Lord of the Rings Series by J.R. Tolkien
- Seeker by William Nicholson
- Jango by William Nicholson
- Noman by William Nicholson

Female Quest Stories - Modern
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson
- White Darkness by Geraldine Mccaughrean
- Impossible by Nancy Werlin
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Briar Rose by Jane Yolen

Female Quest Stories - Past
- Poison by Chris Wooding
- Graceling by Kristin Cashore
- Beauty by Robin McKinley

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